Chalice.



No. 685 784. n

1 Patented T. c. T. MULLER. "0 5 90'- cHALlcE.

(no Model.) (Application led Apr. 24, 1901.)

UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

IHGER CHRISTIAN THEODOR MLLER, OF COPEN HAGEN, DENMARK.A

CHALICE.

SPECIFICATION formingloart of Letters Patent No. 685,784, dated November5, 1901. Application tiled April 24,1901. Serial No. 57,330. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THGEE CHRISTIAN THEoDoE MLLEE, merchant, of No. 12Pilestrtede, Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark, have inventedImprovements in Chalices, ot which the following is a specication.

The hitherto-used chalices are ordinary metal cups which by a priest arecarried from mouth to mouth of the communicants. A great drawback byusing these chalices is, however, that many lips consecutively touch themoist metal brim. It is true that the ofliciating priest usually turnsthe chalice a little when presenting it to another communicant; but thiscan only to a certain extent alleviate the above-stated drawback.

The object of the present invention is a chalice constructed in such amanner that a freshly-lled still-untouched cup is presented to eachcommunicant, the priest giving the chalice a slight turning between eachbestowal.

A form of construction of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in Which-e Figure l shows the chalice seen inside ele-v vation and partly in section, and Fig. 2 shows the same seenfrom above. Fig. 3 is a sectional vieW of a fragment, showing theapplication of a spring-trigger for entering the notches in the wall ofthe chalice.

The chalice is at the top provided with a circle of cups a, and itsinterior forms a container b, which is closed at the top by means of acover. The bottom c of the container is arranged so as to be capable ofmoving watertight up and down inside the container b. This movement iseffected by turning the foot d of the chalice, which toot isscrew-threaded and screws itself into or out of the correspondingscrew-threaded body c, that forms the intermediate piece between thefoot and bowl` ofthe chalice.

When the container' b is filled with wine, a turnin r of the foot cl ina certain direction will bring about that the Wine is forced out of asmall spoutf, placed at the top in the cover of the container. The Wineissuing from the spout will be caught by the cup a which at that momentis situated below the spout.

The container l) is placed loosely inside the chalice in such amannerthat it can be turned as regards the cups c, while, on the other hand, Y

it is prevented from being pushed up and down in the chalice by means ofthe flange g. The friction between the containers wall and thepiston-like bottom c will therefore when the foot d is turned through acertain angle cause the container b, together with the spout, to beturned through the same angle. When the foot has been turned oncecompletely around, the spoutf Will simultaneously have passed over allthe cups a consecutively. In order that when a cup has been filled thespout fmay be stopped in close proximity to the next cup, so that thiscommences to be filled when the foot is again turned, the wall of thechalice is provided with small notches t, Fig. 2, situated near thepartition-walls between the several cups. Vhen the spout itself, whichin that case should be made somewhat tiexible,or when a spring-trigger,as 7c', Fig. 3, suitably arranged on the container and turningtherewith, enters one of the notches z', the priest Will know that thecontainer has been turned far enough and that the corresponding cupaisconsequentlysumcientlyfilled. Agroove h below the bottom c serves toreceive the wine that oozes out between the bottom and. the wall of thecontainer. This groove is in connection with the atmosphere through asuitable opening, as shown at Z, Fig. 1.

The chalice shown on the drawings is, as already pointed out, an exampleof a constructional form only. Not only may the outer shape of thechalice,the number of the cups, &c., be altered, but the filling of thecups may even be done in another manner Without the principle of theinvention being altered, this being based upon the circumstance that-the interior of the wine -container is periodically exposed toapressure that causcs a certain quantity of wine to flow out.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the saidinvention and in what manner the same is to he performed, I declare thatwhat I claim isl. A chalice comprising a circle of cups, a revolublecontainer located within the said circle, and means for discharging thecontents of the container into the cups, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. In a chalice havinganotched wall, a cir- IOC) cle of cups, arevoluble container located within said circle, means for dischargingthe contents ofthe container into the cups, the notched Wall of thechalice, and means located between the container and said notched wallfor engagement with the latter, all arranged for operation substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a chalice, a circle of cups, a container located Within saidcircle and having a movable bottom, a screw-threaded foot secured tosaid movable bottom, an internally-threaded piece applied to the Wall ofthe chalice and receiving the threaded foot, and means for deliveringthe contents of the container into the cups, the parts being combinedand varranged snbstantiallyas shown and described. In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

THOGER CHRISTIAN THEODOR MLLER. Witnesses:

J. C. JAooBsEN, ERNEST BOUTARD.

